Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

228 reviews

san_dra's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Suicide, Child death, Racial slurs, Sexism, Death, and Misogyny

ventellina's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

madamenovelist's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Car accident, Violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Cursing, and Classism

malb's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexism

Minor: Outing

butle2em's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

kathrynw12's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

In some ways this felt like a different version of We Were the Mulvaneys. Something tragic happens to a family’s favorite daughter, and her seemingly perfect family unravels. The differences in this book are the setting, the daughter dies, and there’s an overt element of race as a factor for the characters’ lives.

Ng tells a compelling story, but since I don’t typically go for character-driven novels, I was hoping for more of a dramatic reveal about how Lydia died. That she was unhappy and just went for a swim and drowned seemed both predictable and like a letdown.

Admittedly I listened to this one on audio while working, so certain subtleties were lost on me as I tuned things out and that impacted my overall enjoyment and comprehension.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Infidelity

jaidenmarie11's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

MY GOD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

birtch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Abandonment

holliesatchell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Grief, Sexism, Bullying, Racism, Toxic relationship, Outing, Racial slurs, and Suicide

shanapike's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Xenophobia, Suicide, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, and Racism